yutz

American  

[yuhts] / yʌts /

noun

Slang.

1. a stupid, unthinking, or socially inept person.

   My biggest fear when driving is some yutz on a bike deciding he is immune to becoming a street pizza.

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Etymology

Origin of yutz

First recorded in 1980–85; of uncertain origin; perhaps an alteration of putz ( def. ); perhaps from American Yiddish yutz “penis, fool”

Example Sentences

Tully is the kind of affable yutz that Mr. Garcia, in particular, writes best.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2018

This yutz was driving down a busy road in Florida on, you guessed it, a scooter, the handlebars of which were unsullied by human contact.

From Scientific American • Jan. 1, 2014